Good vs Bad Lighting Outdoor lighting examples

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2. Linda Burniac 3 years ago

   What about solar lights? Are they any good?

3. Geolide Lighting 3 years ago

   Good product.

4. 2SeaterJeter 3 years ago

   Songs ?

5. Jd Deefo 3 years ago

   Why do you show completly different views between the good amd the bad?

6. Brian Wittling 3 years ago

   anything pointing up is bullshit bad lighting. stop contributing to light pollution!

7. Don Of Light 3 years ago

   I need lighting ideas to light my backyard without bothering neighbors

8. Jorell f 3 years ago

   I get the point you are trying to make with this video but some people may feel like it's too expensive, pretentious, and wasteful to light your house and or landscape with so many lights.

9. Benjamin Scrivens 3 years ago

   Crazy how just sticking three 5,000 lumen floods on the side of your house randomly doesn't look that good

10. Inside Dad’s Head 3 years ago

    Your “good” lighting examples were not any better than the bad.

11. Aldo Valenzuela 3 years ago

    there are a lot of hot spots in the "good lighting" examples

12. Lou Sass 3 years ago

    Does this guy roam around in the middle of the night scoping out properies lol

13. Allen wrench 3 years ago

    KIchler is garbage – you have been warned

14. James Cobbs 3 years ago

    Apparently it's preferences. Because I think the bad looks good

15. Glizz 3 years ago

    Hello I live in fortworth do you have a business website? Trying to get my house done

16. Mile Čuvalo 3 years ago

    Sorry, but this is pointless. Your bad examples are shown from like 40 meters away, and your good ones from 2 meters away.

    And also, some people like to use LED lights for decorative purposes, not to just light up everything. And for that, some small light is just fine!

17. David Pierce 2 years ago

    Some good examples, but also some not so good. More lighting does not equal "good" lighting. Some "good" examples here are over-lighted. Even and subtle lighting is the key. The screaming "look at me" lighting of a home is obnoxious. The "scalloped" effect of spotlighting can work against the architecture of the home. In that case, and very even wall wash is preferable – if the entire wall has to be lit. Lighting only the landscape is not "bad" lighting when it is done well and in relation to the home, particularily if the home has adequate wall mounted fixtures.

18. Karan Anand 2 years ago

    Love all the videos, great advice! (Love the music too!)
    Had a question that has not been covered, are there low voltage lamp post lights / lanterns. Tried searching for a few hours and could find any. Want to power the post from the low voltage cables/transformer.

19. Resilient Farms and Design Studio 2 years ago

    I like your idea about lighting both the landscaping and the house but I still have some issues with your approach. Here is how we do lighting on our house. First, we rarely keep our lights on, though we have that option. I consider that to be narcissistic, a waste of energy and an unwanted source of light pollution. I use a programmable logic controller (PLC) that senses motion and light. So the lights come on automatically — but only as needed. Also, our lights are various colors, some warmer, some cooler various intensities, some brighter, some dimmer and they cast shadows so as to add and aid depth perception. We aim to have just the light that we need and no more light than that. We are not trying to land aircraft! While our lights are primarily functional, they fulfill that function in an aesthetically pleasing manner. For us, that sums up good lighting.

20. Wallace Wimmer 2 years ago

    👍

21. Stephanieee 2 years ago

    It’s very important to light up your home at night. It makes it easier for delivery drivers to find your home as well as putting bold numbers on your home/mail box.

22. Luna Danu 2 years ago

    for a good comparison, you should have kept the camera angles consistent.

23. Molonlabe115 2 years ago

    I'm trying to see how well up lighting does on a two story vinyl siding house? Any advice

24. John Robie 2 years ago

    Makes no sense to show a picture of "bad lighting" from far away, and then video of "good lighting" up close.

25. Keith 2 years ago

    You need to give consideration for how much of your lighting is too bright and pointed at the sky contributing to the increase in light pollution now that LEDs are so prevalent. GOOD lighting should be subtle and no hamfisted and should take into account the natural environment. Light like a cinematographer not a prison warden.

26. Yann St-Pierre 2 years ago

    what kind of light should a use to light up the front of the house a a few tree,,,, we get 3 feet of snow for 3 to 4 months so you have a idea???? flood led light on 12 bolts ????

27. Terry Cunningham 2 years ago

    You should have done one with good camera work vs bad camera work